FBI Arrests Michigan Man Suspected of Plotting Mass Shooting at Synagogue

The FBI logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, D.C. on July 5, 2016. Yuri Gripas/AFP/Getty Images

FBI agents arrested a Michigan man on June 16 after he threatened a mass shooting at a synagogue in East Lansing, Michigan, according to federal court documents filed in the Western District of Michigan.

Seann Patrick Pietila, 19, was charged with “transmitting a communication containing a threat to injure another,” U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced Friday in a news release.